Gilla na Naemh Ua Dunabhra

Gilla na Naemh Ua Dunabhra (died 1101) was Chief Poet of Connacht, Ireland.

The Annals of the Four Masters state, sub anno 1101, that "Gilla-na-naemh Ua Dunabhra, chief poet of Connacht, died."

The previous chief poet of the kingdom, In Druí Ua Carthaigh, had died in 1097.

No known surviving poems are ascribed to Ua Dunabhra. His origins are uncertain.

Preceded by
In Druí Ua Carthaigh
Chief Poet of Connacht
1097–1101
Succeeded by
Feardana Ua Carthaigh

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